I am interested to decompose どうかなさいましたか into its atomic words. My attempt is as follows, is it correct?
- どうか
- なさいました
- か
I don't know the dictionary form of なさいました. I totally get confused. How to parse どうかなさいましたか and what does it mean in English?
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Sign up to join this communityなさいました is the past tense form of なさいます, なさいます is the polite form of なさる, and なさる is an honorific form of する, "do", so なさいました means しました. どうかなさいましたか is the honorific way of saying どうかしましたか? "What happened?" "What's the matter?"